Topeka farmers told to shrink operations amid debt fears
Arlan Frank of the Northeast Kansas Production Credit Association warned farmers in Topeka that many could be forced to cut size due to insufficient income high debt and rising expenses. He urged conservative borrowing strict records and full loan back up while noting government bailouts seem unlikely. Other speakers projected near term cattle and hog price highs but long term economic strain and deflationary trends.
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Topeka
Arlan Frank
Northeast
Frank
PCA
Bill Helming
Livestock Business Advisory Services, Inc
Kansas City
Helming
Kondratieff
Siberia
Pruning Roses Timely Advice From KSA Expert
Late March before new growth starts is best for pruning bush and tea roses. Remove dead wood and suckers, choose canes that preserve shape, then prune to encourage new growth. Pruning strategies vary by rose type to promote openness, air flow, and renewed blooms.
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KSA
Larry Leuthold
Leuthold
Four H'ers To Regional Club Days At Baldwin High
Franklin County 4 H'ers earned top blue ribbons at County Club Days and will represent the county at Regional Club Days this Saturday March 27 at Baldwin High School. Events begin 6 30 a m and run into early afternoon with participants from Miami Shawnee Johnson Douglas Osage and Wyandotte counties. The regional lineup includes folk dance Rambling Ranchers project talk public speaking vocal ensemble junior piano solo and more with listed clubs and members. A separate two day Kansas Farm Bureau Spring Conference will be March 31 April 1 in Manhattan at the Holiday Inn with a featured talk by Michael Braude and workshops on family farm finances media relations and legislative activity. Registration through county offices and a fee of 11 covers workshop and banquet.
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Jo Ellen Arnold
Franklin County
Baldwin High School
Baldwin
Miami
Shawnee
Johnson, Douglas
Osage
Wyandotte
Prudence Guthrie
Silver Leaf
Heath Higbie
Acorn Rustlers
Juanita Sluder
Sluder-Meiers
Julie Mattenburg
Town and Country
Jim Ed Compton
Trent Lancaster
Trail Blazers
Michelle Rhivers
Acorn Rushers
Laurie Bromert
Rambling Ranchers
Manhattan
Barbara Moyer
Kansas Farm Bureau
Holiday Inn Holidayme
KFB Women's Committee
Michael Braude
American Bank of Kansas City
Braude
FCA Monitors Farm Credit System for Credit Conditions
The Farm Credit Administration implements a nationwide credit monitoring program citing a slight rise in delinquencies but no alarming foreclosure trends. Long-term Federal Land Bank delinquencies rose from 2 to 3 percent and Production Credit Association delinquencies from 4 to 5 percent over 12 months through January 31, 1982, amid concerns over low farm income. The FCA oversees the Farm Credit System, including 12 Federal Land Banks, 12 Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, and 13 Banks for Cooperatives, totaling about 80 billion dollars in loans.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Donald E. Wilkinson
FCA
Wilkinson
Federal Land Bank
Production Credit Association
Farm Credit
Federal Land Banks
Federal
Farm Push Pencil To Find If ASCS Program Fits
A Kansas State University extension expert explains how to evaluate signing up for the feed grain program by comparing yields and prices. Using 100 acres with 80 bushels per acre, signatures reduce to 90 acres, requiring 88.8 bushels per acre or an 11 percent price gain to equal total output.
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Manhattan
Don Pretzer
Kansas State University
Pretzer
Combined Sunflower Benefit Horse Show Expands Offerings
The Sunflower Benefit Horse Show, June 18 20 and 22 26, will expand to become one of the area’s largest events as the Lawrence Shrine Club affiliates with the Sunflower committee. Exhibitors from at least four states are expected, with classes in hunter, Arabian, saddlebred, pony and Morgan divisions and multiple associations.
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Bud Nation
Bob Oakson
Sharon Warren
Russell Mosser
Craig Wright
Madeline Schehrer
Bill Studebaker
Morgan
Lawrence Shrine Club
Bill Keefer
Kenneth Long
Keith McElwain
Bob Mounsey
Shrine Club
Lawrence
Kansas
Margaret Lyddon
Kansas City
American Royal
American Horse Show Association
Missouri Horse Shows Association
Kansas Horse Shows
Pony Express
Missouri Fox
Wingert Polled Herefords win Kansas Beef Expo titles
Wingert Stock Farm owned by George Wingert of Ottawa RFD 4 captured grand champion honors for a pen of bulls at the Kansas Beef Expo in Wichita. WSF Framework 060N was named reserve champion bull, adding to the farm’s championships this month.
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Wingert
George Wingert
Ottawa Rfd
Wichita
WSF
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Keith Crow
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
Loren Jenson
KSU
Annas Boyer
Lisa Bailey
Brett Dunlap
Town & Country Supply
Town & Country
Century Mig. Co
World Jeader
Ottawa
Kledge
Kangas
Robert R. Bigsby & Son
Rt. 4
Ozark, Mo
Sale
Braswell
Sales Service
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